Tord Gustavsen Ensemble – Restored, Returned (2009)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 51:30 minutes | 946 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © ECM
After a trilogy of highly successful trio albums, Tord Gustavsen branches off in new directions. His new band adds two players familiar to ECM listeners – bassist Mats Eilertsen and saxophonist Tore Brunborg – and introduces the blues-inflected voice of Kristin Asbjørnsen on Tord’s settings of the poetry of W.H. Auden. Inside the ensemble, duo and trio interaction unfolds, taking off from the clear melodic language of Gustavsen’s songwriting.
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